# Inside Ukraine’s 40-day drone campaign to weaken Russia

https://mins.news/en/item/17447

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-08-09 12:27 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/inside-ukraines-40-day-drone-campaign-to-weaken-russia-ukraine-this-week/

> The Ukraine This Week program examines Ukraine’s 40-day campaign of long-range drone strikes deep inside Russia. The operation is described as the country’s largest deep-strike campaign. Its results are assessed against several goals: shifting the balance of the war, weakening Russia’s economy, and influencing the Kremlin’s political calculations. The episode asks whether the campaign ultimately achieved what Ukraine intended.

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